Employees at a school in Alabama have stepped up to support a man whose daughter is battling cancer.According to WHNT, a Mae Jemison High School football coach has struggled to be there for his 11-month-old daughter who was recently diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. The girl's GoFundMe page details the difficulties this has presented for her parents, David and Megan Green."Megan (mom) is having to take leave from her job to stay with Kinsley while she receives 5 weeks of chemo, and will be in the hospital the majority of the next 6 months. David (dad) is driving back and forth from Birmingham to Huntsville, where he is a football coach at Jemison High School, to help take care of sweet Kinsley, while also providing for their family during these trials," it reads.Last month, Megan took to Facebook asking if teachers would donate sick days to her husband, so the family could be together more often. Teachers at the school banded together and donated more than 100 days. "You know, you want to send words of encouragement, you want to do something to help, but this was a real physical way that we could help him and his family," said Anna Kachelman, a teacher at the school.Another teacher, Wilma DeYampert, donated two days to the family, even as she battles her own cancer."If I had more to give I would give him more," she said. If you would like to help the Greens, visit their GoFundMe page or Amazon wish list.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. —

Employees at a school in Alabama have stepped up to support a man whose daughter is battling cancer.

According to WHNT, a Mae Jemison High School football coach has struggled to be there for his 11-month-old daughter who was recently diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

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The girl's GoFundMe page details the difficulties this has presented for her parents, David and Megan Green.

"Megan (mom) is having to take leave from her job to stay with Kinsley while she receives 5 weeks of chemo, and will be in the hospital the majority of the next 6 months. David (dad) is driving back and forth from Birmingham to Huntsville, where he is a football coach at Jemison High School, to help take care of sweet Kinsley, while also providing for their family during these trials," it reads.

Last month, Megan took to Facebook asking if teachers would donate sick days to her husband, so the family could be together more often. Teachers at the school banded together and donated more than 100 days.

"You know, you want to send words of encouragement, you want to do something to help, but this was a real physical way that we could help him and his family," said Anna Kachelman, a teacher at the school.

Another teacher, Wilma DeYampert, donated two days to the family, even as she battles her own cancer.

"If I had more to give I would give him more," she said.

If you would like to help the Greens, visit their GoFundMe page or Amazon wish list.